Education: The Eyes of Texas

Since Barbara Louise Smith, 19, has the best soprano voice of anyone in
her class at the University of Texas' College of Fine Arts, it was only
natural that she should win the starring role in the college's annual
full-dress opera. Last October she was cast as Dido in Purcell's Dido
and Aeneas, rehearsed conscientiously. Then, only a few days before
last week's performance, she was summoned to the office of the dean and
told that she must get out of the cast. Dean E. W. Doty was very sorry,
but certain legislators in session right there in Austin had...